Headgear for relieving headaches



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HEADGEAR FOR RELIEVING HEADACHES Filed March 15. 1925 INVNTOR Usca r i ngfeld v ATTORNEY Patented dan. 22, i924.

OSCAR DINGFELD, OF

hethb BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HEADGEAR FOR RELIEVING HEADACHES.

Application filed March 15, 1923.

To ZZ ifi/wm t muy concern:

Be it known that ll., @sci-in DINGFELD, a vitizen or the United States, residing at 9.49 lilarion St., Brooklyn, in the county olf Kings and State oit New York, have invented a new and useful Headgear tor Relieving Headaches, oit which the following` is a specitication.

My invention consists in the novel features in hereinafter more fully described., and the objects of it are:

First: to provide a means for applying pressure to certain points below the rear et the head, whereby the pressure ot' the blood la may be checked, thereby relieving` the headache, which may7 be the result of or the acconipaniinent of the blood pressure.

Second: to have said means combined with a band or strap, which may be connected to the head, therebyY forming a headgear.

rlhird: to have said means adjustable 'for different persons: and fourth; to have my headgear torrelieving headaches simple, durable and inexpensive.

li attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings or by any mechanical equivalents or obvious moditication ot the same.

ln the drawings Fig. 1 is an inside elevation on a small. scale ot one form 'otmy headgear for relieving headaches when the latter is spread out into a plane.

F ig. 2 is an edge view in plan ot the same headgear.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on a larger scale of the middle part of a more perfect form of my headgear for relieving;` headaches.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a part plan of the left end of Fig. 3.

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a plan and an elevation oft the sleeve 42-421, which is hereinafter more fully described- Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

11 designates an attachment member in the form of a band or strap, which terminates at one end thereof in the overlap 11".

which has connected thereto the buckle which is provided with the tongue or pin 13.

The other end of the band 11 terminates in the tip 14 and is provided with the holes or sockets 17 for said tongue or pin 13 to lbe adjustably interlocked there- Serial No. 625,341.

with, whereby the band or strap 11 may be tightened on to the head of a person suffering fromia headache, preferably with the buckle resting` against the forehead of the person.

The part of the band 11, which is intermediate its ends, is provided with the openings 15, .which are adapted to pass over the ears of any person; these openings 15 are shown in'Fig. 1 as oblong, to allow for the ditference inthe size and position of the ears in different persons, and they are encompassed by the rims 16, which may be of vmetal or any other suitable material.

At the middle et the band 11 l provide the laterally stationary pressure knobs 18 and the laterally adjustable pressure knobs 19, which may be adjustably secured in position in the slots 20.

One simple way of adjustably securing said knobs 19 in the slots Q0 is by having each knob terminate in a screw, which is shown in Fig. 2 as being in engagement with the wing nut 21, which is abutting at its inner end against the washer 22, which rests against the body of the band 11.

Itis evident that, when the band 11 is buckled on to the head ot any person, the knobs 18 and 19 will press against certain points in the back ci the neck or below the rear of the head, which pressure may be adjusted by said wingnuts as abOve described.

The effect of that exterior pressure will be to check the blood pressure in the region O' the head7 whereby relief will be obtained from headaches.

To enable a person to recline with the above described band or strap on, and to permit adjustment ot the pressure knobs from the outside of the band, without removing the same from the head, 1 provide the improved details of the preferred form of my headgear for relieving headaches. as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5. 6 and 7, in which 31 designates the band or strap, of which the middle part only is shown, and 35 are the openings for the ears.

The rims 26, which are encompassing the openings 35, are made each in one piece with the plates 26a, which may be thin and flexible or similexible and connected to the band or strap 31 in any suitable manner.

rThe laterally stationary pressure knob 28 and the laterally adjustable pressure knobs 29 terminate in the screws 28a and 29a respectively, which are inengagement with the sleeves 42-42a, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

These sleeves consist each of the base 42 and the neck 42a, and each base has formed thereon the shoulders 42", as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Each oit said sleeves 4t2-42a has. its base 42 inserted into a suitable opening in the band 31 between the plates 2,6a and with the shoulders 42h in engagement with the edges of the outer one ot said plates 26, whereby said sleevesare kept from being rotated; the caps 4l are then shrunk on or otherwise connected to the sleeves 42a with the bases ot said caps 4l in contact with the plate 26, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The slots 30 in the band 31 permit the outer two knobs 29 with their sleeves 42-#42L to be adjustably secured in any of a large number of possible positions; these slots are larger in the body of the band 31 than in the plates 26a, to make room for the bases 42 of the sleeves 42- 421- Each of said screws 28a and 29@ has in its end a slot for a screwndriver, whereby it may be turned in the sleeve 42-42a from the outside of the headgear, whereby the position of the pressure knobs 28 and 29 may be adjusted to lit the back of the necks or the rear of the heads of ditl'erent persons.

The outer sides of each ot the caps 4l is smooth and Huslrwith the end of the sleeve 42, thereby enabling a person, having the above described headgear on, to re- Cline on a pillow comfortably without removing the headgear.

Many changes could be made in the details of my headgear for relieving headaches without departing from the main scope of' my invention; I do not, therefore, restrict myseltl to the details as 'shown in the drawings, but I intend to include also all ine-` adjustable pressure knobson opposite sides of said stationary knob, adjustably connected to said band, said knobs being adapted to press on three points below the rear of the head, thereby relieving headaches.

2. In a headgear for relieving headaches the combination ot a band adapted to be secured to the head of a person, one or more semiflexible plates secured to said band at the middle portion thereof` slots in said band and said plates lengthwise thereof,

sleeves adapted to be adjusted in position in said slots` said sleeves being secured against being rotated in said slots, and knobs, adapted to press on points below the rear of' the head'oi' a person, adjustably connected to said sleeves.

3. In a headgear for relieving headaches the combination of a band adapted to be secured to the head of a person, sleeves connected to said band, knobs, adapted to press on points below the rear of the head of a person, adjustably connected to said sleeves on the inner side of said band, and caps securedk to the ends of the sleeves on the outerside of the band, thereby retaining said sleeves in position, the outer sides ot said caps being smooth and flush with the ends of said sleeves, thereby enabling a person to recline with the headgear on.

@SCAR DINGFELD. 

